How to delete old thumbnail images

  • hi viper,
    regenerate thumbnail is a great plugin and it helps big time in my project. However, i need to delete the delete the old thumbnails, which are previously generated.
    we change our theme often and according to our needs the thumbnail size would also be changed(drastically), so i need to delete the old thumbnail images previously generated using the plugin.
    currently i do it manually by accessing my cpanel, is their any other way to do it.

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  • Ov3rfly

    (@ov3rfly)

    Regenerate Thumbnails – Version 2.2.0

    In file regenerate-thumbnails.php locate this, at line 357:

    @set_time_limit( 900 ); // 5 minutes per image should be PLENTY

$metadata = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $image->ID, $fullsizepath );

    Add this block of code between the two lines:

    @set_time_limit( 900 ); // 5 minutes per image should be PLENTY

// find and delete any previous image-sizes
$info = pathinfo($fullsizepath);
$ext = $info['extension'];
$pattern = str_replace(".$ext", "-*x*.$ext", $fullsizepath);
foreach (glob($pattern) as $filename) {
	@unlink($filename);
}

$metadata = wp_generate_attachment_metadata( $image->ID, $fullsizepath );

    This will delete any previously generated image-sizes, including older outdated sizes before creating the new sizes.

    Important: Note that URLs to images are hard-coded in posts and pages. Removing old thumbnails could result in broken images if they are still used somewhere on your site. You have been warned…

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/

    Ov3rfly

    (@ov3rfly)

    Find more details in forum of plugin-developer…

    You can try with this plugin DNUI

    @ov3rfly:

    Your code will be fail if I have an image which has the following name:

    helloworld-abcxdef.jpg

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